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Article #6640Re: evolution, evolution...
From: Stewart Schultz
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1991 23:29
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1991 23:29
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In article <1991Nov7.153141.1@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> taub@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu writes: >Does that mean that the definition and concept of >evolution will change when we discover a non-genetic living system? :-) I >know none exists that we know of, but we *will* find one. Sure, why not? Definitions aren't carved in stone. Language is convenience, not a philosophical court of law. >...if we limit our ideas to what we know, and only what >we know, then we are limiting ourselves to our island. Look beyond our book >of knowledge and seek to add upon it. Commendable. Personally, I'm having enough trouble sorting out what we _do_ know. :-) -- Stewart Schultz Botany Department University of British Columbia schultz@unixg.ubc.ca
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a7a9,7e7381c4c4a9ab63 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a7a9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-11-08 07:05:38 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!access.usask.ca!alberta!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!schultz From: schultz@unixg.ubc.ca (Stewart Schultz) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.evolution Subject: Re: evolution, evolution... Message-ID: <1991Nov7.232952.15076@unixg.ubc.ca> Date: 7 Nov 91 23:29:52 GMT References: <1991Nov7.153141.1@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> Sender: news@unixg.ubc.ca (Usenet News Maintenance) Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: chilko.ucs.ubc.ca